Why are Volkswagen Jettas so expensive?

The base 2016 jetta comes with almost no features that other cars such as honda, corolla, mazda3, and nissan sentra have

Its just a barebones car, what makes it so special that its justifies the same price?

Hi the fact is is a top of the range model means it has all the bels and whistles as standard.

It's "German" and therefore "just better" According to the importer. It's BS marketing based on arrogance and snobbery. You know Germans…
Ironic since Volkswagen means people's car. I.e. Affordable transport for the masses.

As someone who owns one, it's a very dependable car. It will, as German cars are known to do, have some little things break, but the bigger things will last a long time. I've had mine for four years and have had hardly any problems (well, besides the whole diesel scandal). I'm not sure if this is because mine's a diesel, if it's because it's a manual transmission, or if it's just standard, but you only have to change the oil every 10,000 miles, which is really nice. It also gets better gas mileage than any of the cars you listed, especially on the highway.

Eh, in my experience, the Jetta is about the same as a similarly equipped Japanese car. Only more fun. You can't compare a base model Jetta to some top line Civic or Corolla, that wouldn't be fair. It's probably worth noting also that for 2016, even the base model Jetta has a turbocharged engine, whereas the others do not.

The emblem " V W " (Those emblems cost a lot)